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New Owner Comments on 9000 Aero tires Posted by Paul [Email] (#792) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Paul) on Sat, 6 Apr 2002 21:22:29 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Hello,
I am a relatively new owner of a 95 Aero which I purchased about 5 months ago. I never paid much attention to the tires on the car other than to check the tread depth. When the fronts were getting a bit thin I check TireRack and found that V rated or higher were the recommended performance (guess I should have read the manual more carefully)mine were only H rated Michelins.
After putting on 4 new Z rated tires (Yokohamas AVS dB) the handling was incredibly different. Before I use to moan about the amount of torque steering during heavy acceleration (it took two hands to control and it almost felt like I was on ice) now it racks straight as an arrow during the heaviest acceleration, clearly I had been way over driving the tires.
Bottom line for any new owners of Aero or probably other Saab turbos check your tire's performance rating if you are not happy with torque steer.
Loving this Saab even more now -- Paul
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